East Longmeadow Public Library Children's Department, East Longmeadow, MA

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

And the winner is . . .

Have you heard the news about the 2008 Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners? These are awards given for the year's best children's books; the Caldecott Medal is for illustrations and the Newbery Medal is for the literature.

This year's Caldecott Medal goes to The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. While usually a picture book wins this award, this is a novel for older kids and is a story told through the pictures as well as the words. When you see these illustrations you will understand why it won--they are beautiful! And the story is really exciting too! Come in to check out this unusual book!This year's Newbury Medal winner is Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from aMedieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz and is about the lives of medieval children--from their perspective. It is still on its way to our library, but it also sounds pretty cool. Stay tuned.